Test 5 · Silent letters and the mystery of -ough A Gen Alpha kid says "Wednesday's d is skibidi random." ("Skibidi" is a word kids shout that means nothing here.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gen kid, d, Skibidi, kids, that, truth · What happens: say, be, shout, mean · To what, where: word, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 13 «Silent letters and the mystery of -ough» of the language course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school .
The question Sentence 1: A Gen Alpha kid says "Wednesday's d is skibidi random."
det compound flat nsubj punct nmod:poss case nsubj cop amod ccomp punct punct root A DET Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN kid NOUN says VERB " PUNCT Wednesday PROPN 's PART d NOUN is AUX skibidi ADJ random ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 kid det 2 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 kid compound 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 2 Gen flat 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 12 random punct 7 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN Number=Sing 9 d nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 Wednesday case 9 d D NOUN Number=Sing 12 random nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 random cop 11 skibidi skibidi ADJ Degree=Pos 12 random amod 12 random random ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 random punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 12 random punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Gen kid vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present Wednesday's d random property tree rules
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: ("Skibidi" is a word kids shout that means nothing here.)
punct punct nsubj punct cop det nsubj acl:relcl nsubj ccomp obj advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Skibidi PROPN " PUNCT is AUX a DET word NOUN kids NOUN shout VERB that PRON means VERB nothing PRON here ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Skibidi punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Skibidi punct 3 Skibidi Skibidi PROPN Number=Sing 7 word nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Skibidi punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 word cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 word det 7 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 9 shout nsubj 9 shout shout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 word acl:relcl 10 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 means nsubj 11 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 shout ccomp 12 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 11 means obj 13 here here ADV PronType=Dem 12 nothing advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 word punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 word punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Skibidi a word tree rules 2 shout speech: express present kids a word not said here tree rules 3 mean present that nothing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It's random, nobody knows why the d is there at all
nsubj cop punct nsubj parataxis advmod det obj cop expl case obl root It PRON 's AUX random ADJ , PUNCT nobody PRON knows VERB why ADV the DET d NOUN is AUX there PRON at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 random nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 random cop 3 random random ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 knows punct 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 knows nsubj 6 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 random parataxis 7 why why ADV PronType=Int 6 knows advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 d det 9 d D NOUN Number=Sing 6 knows obj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 there cop 11 there there PRON PronType=Dem 3 random expl 12 at at ADP _ 13 all case 13 all all DET PronType=Tot 3 random obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It all; there random property tree rules 2 know present nobody the d vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer d=Stimulus 3 is a present there tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It comes from Woden's day, an old god's name
nsubj case nmod:poss case obl punct det amod nmod:poss case obl root It PRON comes VERB from ADP Woden PROPN 's PART day NOUN , PUNCT an DET old ADJ god NOUN 's PART name NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 comes nsubj 2 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 6 day case 4 Woden Woden PROPN Number=Sing 6 day nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 Woden case 6 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 comes obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 comes punct 8 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 god det 9 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 10 god amod 10 god god NOUN Number=Sing 12 name nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 god case 12 name name NOUN Number=Sing 2 comes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present It a old god's name day vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 name a old god nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 It was added in 2010
nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl root It PRON was AUX added VERB in ADP 2010 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 added nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 added aux:pass 3 added add VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 2010 case 5 2010 2010 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 added obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert past · passive It 2010 vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 4 It's there to make it rhyme with Monday
nsubj cop mark advcl obj xcomp case obl root It PRON 's AUX there ADV to PART make VERB it PRON rhyme VERB with ADP Monday PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 there nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 there cop 3 there there ADV PronType=Dem root root 4 to to PART _ 5 make mark 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 there advcl 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 make obj 7 rhyme rhyme VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 make xcomp 8 with with ADP _ 9 Monday case 9 Monday Monday PROPN Number=Sing 7 rhyme obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It there property tree rules 2 make to-infinitive it tree rules 3 rhyme infinitive monday vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
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